Childeric I
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Childeric I was a 5th-century Frankish ruler in what is now northern France, during the period when this part of Roman Gaul became permanently disconnected from the central Roman government, and the l
Copy of the signet ring of Childeric (original stolen in 1831) from his tomb at Tournai. Inscription CHILDIRICI REGIS ("of king Childeric"). (Monnaie de Paris).
Detail of golden bees with garnet insets
Golden bee or fly jewellery from the tomb of Childeric I in Tournai. Drawn by Jacob van Werden and engraved by Cornelis Galle the Younger
Theodebert I 534 548 king of Metz
Clovis I
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Clovis I was the first Frankish king to unite the Franks, changing the form of leadership from a group of petty kings to rule by a single king, and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his he
Childeric I
…in 461), and the last emperor based in Italy was dethroned (in 476). He is the ancestor of the early medieval Merovingian dynasty, and father of Clovis I, who would go on to acquire effective control over all or most of the small Frankish kingdoms of the time, and unite a significant part of Gaul under…
Baptism of Clovis, ivory book cover from c. 870
Baptême de Clovis
Frankish territories at the time of Clovis's death in 511